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Book Synopsis1. Introduction: family policies in Latin America in perspective.- Part I: Problematizing family and familialism.- 2. The debate on family policies in Latin America: advances and setbacks.- 3. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships- 4. “(Un)making a family”: what family are we talking about?.- Part II: Family policy in a global context: what sets Latin America apart?.- 5. The debate on family policies in a European context: what sets us apart?.- 6. A diagnosis of the labor market in Latin America.- 7. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships.- Part III: National cases in comparative perspective.- 8. Transnational social protection: a view from Ecuador and Argentina.- 9. Family policies in Brazil since re-democratization.- 10. Family policies in Mexico: between familiialism and the caring right.- 11. Familypolicies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: innovation during the early 2000s.- 12. Family policies in Colombia and Peru.- 13. Family policies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.- 14. "De facto" family policies and exception regimes in Central America: the case of El Salvador.- 15. Family arrangements, social protection and the state: the case of Brazil.- 16. Conclusions: combating poverty vs supporting the emancipation of individuals.
